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The state of the Covid-19 pandemic on both a global and national scale, is "more bleak than I would have expected," Bill Gates said on CNN's "Coronavirus Town Hall" Thursday.

The second half of 2020 is here, and now it's up to the economy to prove that the stock market was right about a sharp comeback in growth.

Stocks fell sharply on Friday after Texas rolled back some of its reopening measures.

"You never, ever count anyone out, but these have not been a good two weeks for Donald Trump," Republican pollster Frank Luntz told CNBC.

Some states might have to consider shutting down businesses and implementing restrictions on movement again to keep the health-care system from getting overwhelmed, Fauci said.

Though the NBA and its players have their plans finalized, concerns remain about sports resuming in Florida as coronavirus cases surge there.

The U.S. State Department issued a new warning on Huawei after a local council approved a £1 billion R&D lab.

Healthy.io, maker of at-home urine testing tech, is buying its largest U.S. rival in a $9 million deal.

A certification flight test, which is expected to last at least two days, is likely to take place starting as early as Tuesday but has not been finalized.

As concerns over the environment mount, organizations are turning to sustainable solutions.

The German shareholders' association SdK has filed a criminal complaint against the auditors of scandal-hit payments firm Wirecard.

Three people are believed to have died after being stabbed in the Scottish city of Glasgow, the BBC reported on Friday, without citing sources.

Former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is urging nations to make major investments in education to bridge a widening global inequality gap created by the coronavirus crisis.

Virologist Robert Lambkin-Williams told CNBC there was no clear evidence that antibodies produced to fight off the coronavirus gave people any protection against being reinfected.

Shares of companies which enable working from home have been hot property during the coronavirus pandemic, but this trend is here to stay, according to Saxo Bank Head of Equity Strategy Peter Garnry.

The move from S&P Global Platts and Argus Media comes as both agencies seek to break away from the traditional landlocked system.

The Eurogroup is searching for a new president as Mario Centeno, the socialist Portuguese finance minister, is due to end his tenure on July 13 after two-and-a-half years.

ECB President Christine Lagarde said the world may be past the worst of the coronavirus crisis, though a second wave is possible.

The coronavirus has infected more than 9.44 million people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 482,923 people.

Vertical gardens and green barriers may be important in the years ahead.